Carbs are pinned to be the villains in many diets, but those poor guys are just misunderstood.

The path that products take to get onto store shelves doesn’t always leave the best impact on the environment. But with green chemistry, chemists have found ways to make the production of some items safer for both people and the planet.

Two SciShow hosts go head-to-head in a battle to figure out who will be the reigning champion for this era of SciShow Quiz Show!

Hank talks about the molecules that make up every living thing - carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins - and how we find them in our environment and in the food that we eat.

Carbs are pinned to be the villains in many diets, but those poor guys are just misunderstood.

In this video Paul Andersen describes the lipids (of the fats). He explains how they are an important source of energy but are also required to cell membranes. He explains how the hydrocarbon tails in triglycerides contain energy...

Polysaccharides are large carbohydrates that have different structures and functions in humans and other living organisms. Starch, cellulose and glycogen are the 3 main types of polysaccharides we usually talk about when we learn about...

Hydrolysis is a water-based chemical reaction, where water is used to break down a specific substance or molecule. In this video, we will look at a specific type of hydrolysis - hydrolysis of carbohydrates. We will learn how water is...

Polysaccharides: Cellulose

Now that we know about simple sugars, we need to know about how these polymerize to form long polysaccharide chains, like cellulose, starch, and glycogen. Check it out!